Package of hooks



Sept; 29, 1942. vc. TATE PACKAGE OF HOOKS Filed Feb. 28, 1940 Zia W235i I 207% (74% Patented Sept. 29, 1942 2,296,960 PACKAGE OF BOOKS Christopher Tate, Malden, Mass, assignor to-E. H.

Tate Company, Boston, Mass, a corporation of Massachusetts Application February 28, 1940, Serial No. 321,231,

3 Claims.

This invention relates to a sales and display package of hooks.

It-is an object of the invention to provide a package wherein a number of hooks will be firmly but releasably held in an orderly side-by-side array by a strip of cardboard which exhibits the hooks. It is a further object of the invention to provide a simple but inexpensive package wherein each hook is almost completely exposed to inspection but wherein the hooks are so held as to keep the package intact in spite of rough handling.

For a more complete understanding of the invention, reference may be had to the following description, and to the drawing of which Figure 1 is an elevational view of the cardboard blank to be used in making up a package embodying the invention.

Figure 2 is a perspective view of the blank shown in Figure 1 after it has been folded.

Figure 3 is an end elevation of a package of hooks mounted on the cardboard blank.

Figure 4 is an elevational view of a modified form of cardboard blank.

Figure 5 shOWS a modified form of blank after being folded.

Figure 6 is an end elevation of a package of hooks including a blank such as is illustrated in Figures 4 and '5.

Figure 7 is an end elevation of a package of hooks having a different securing means at the top.

The package of hooks illustrated in Figure 3 comprises a plurality of hooks arranged in sideby-side array, this figure showing the end hook which conceals the others in the row. Each hook I6 comprises a straight shank I2 above which is the hook portion l4, this hook portion being reversely bent so that the uppermost point I 6 thereof is substantially alined with the shank l2. A number of these hooks are assembled on a card 20 which is folded on itself so as to form a front fiap 22 and a rear flap 24. Figure 2 illustrates the rear view of the cardboard portion of a package. In the blank 20 are provided a number of parallel slots 30, 32, 34 and 36. The slots 30, 34 and 36 are preferably of a width substantially equal to the diameter of the wire stock of the hooks I I], so that when the hooks are thrust through these slots, they frictionally engage the edges of the slots. The slot 32 is preferably slightly wider than the other slots as the hooks are arranged to extend through-this slot at a considerable angle as indicated in Figure 3. The slots 30 and 36 are equally distant from the slot 34. Thus, when the card is folded on itself so that the line' of fold coincides with the longitudinal axis of the slot 34, the slots 30 and 36 will be in substantial registry with each other. The hooks [0 are assembled on the card 20 by thrusting the shanks l2 through the slot 34. The hook portions are then thrust through the slots 32 and the slots 3!) and 36 so that the hooks are then disposed as illustrated in Figure 3. If preferred, the hooks can be inserted through the slots in a different order. When the hooks are thus assembled on the card, downward or upward movement of the hooks is prevented by their engagement with the lower and upper edges of the slots 30 and 36. The upper portions of the flaps 22 and 24 are maintained in proximity to each other by portions of the hooks themselves. For example, the downwardly curved end ortion 40 of the hook prevents any material forward movement of the flap 22 relative to the hook. Likewise the strip 42 of cardboard between the slots 36 and 32 in the rear flap 24 prevents rearward movement of the rear flap with respect to the hooks. Consequently, the hooks are firmly held in assembled relation on the card until the flaps are forcibly bent forward sufiiciently to permit withdrawal of one or more hooks from the slots.

Figure 4 illustrates a modified form of blank 5|] having a slot 52 on the line of fold. The blank is adapted to be folded as shown in Figure 5 so as to form a front fiap 54 and a rear fiap 56, the former containing a slot 58 parallel to the slot 52, the latter containing an opening 60 of considerable height, the upper edge of the opening 60 being in registry with the upper edge of the slot 58 when the flaps are folded together.

The package of hooks is made up as hereinbefore described, the shanks of the hooks projecting through the slot 52. The rear portions of the hooks project through the opening 60, the uppermost points of the hooks being arranged to engage the uppermost edges of the opening 60 and the slot 58. Since the opening 66 provides no transverse strip equivalent to the strip 42 to prevent separation of the two flaps, other means is provided for maintaining the upper portions of the flaps in substantial proximity. As shown in Figure 5, this may be in the form of an end flap 62 which is adapted to be folded over the upper edge of the rear flap 56, this end flap having a reduced extension 64 to be tucked through the opening 60 to complete the lock as illustrated in Figure 6. A locking tab 66 may be provided to ensure against accidental retraction of the extension 64 from the opening 66.

Instead of the end flap 62, the upper portions of th front and rear flaps 54 and 56 may be secured together by any suitable means such as a wire clip 10 as illustrated in Figure 7.

It is evident that various modifications and changes may be made in the embodiments of the invention herein shown and described without departing from the spirit or scope thereof as illustrated in the following claims.

I claim:

1, A sales and display package of hooks hav-- 7 ing straight shanks and curved hook portions, comprising a card folded on itself to forth a front flap and a rear flap extending upv from the line of fold, and a plurality of hooks removably mounted on said card, the shanks of said hooks projecting through the card at the line of fold,

the curved portions of said hooks projecting through the rear flap near the fold and forwardly through both flaps at points remote from the fold.

2. A sales and display package of' hooks, comprising a card folded on itself'to form a front two slots, whereby said hooks are removably held in place in th package.

3. A sales and display package of hooks, comprising a card folded on itself to form a front flap and a rear flap extending upward from the line of fold, a plurality of hooks projecting through the card at the line of fold, the upper portions of said hooks extending through the upper portions of both said flaps, and means for maintaining said upper portions of the flaps in mutual proximity.

CHRISTOPHER TATE. 

